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Back ground USSR liberated Hungary from the Nazi's and kept it afterwards as a satellite state It installed a puppet government, which the Hungarian public hated it The flag was also changed to have the communist symbol (Hammer and sickle) in it. Secret opposition began to emerge…read more

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Why Did an uprising occur? An uprising happened because another satellite country attempted to overthrown the USSR from their country, Poland…read more

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Polish uprising 1956 A new leader put in by Khrushchev, Gomulka the leader of Poland, he was very unpopular, and caused riots from Oct 1956- June 1957. which were against communist and killed more than 100 people. Khrushchev had a choice to make, 1) keep his leader and support him OR get rid of Gomulka for the defence minister (who had been put in under Stalin's regime) Chose option one, and had defence minister arrested…read more

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So why did Hungary Uprise? As Khrushchev was a new leader they believed he would be nicer than their old leader Stalin, as he mocked Stalin's approach. They saw what happened in Poland and hated the control USSR had.…read more

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What Kind of rebellion was this? It was a violent one They overthrew the puppet government and put in their democratic leader, Nagy Sent out flyers Had rebels etc…read more